Friday, May 11, 2012

At his 2nd appointment he brought a pie for the staff. The office girls were flattered. They invited him back to the break room to have a piece with them. He chatted with them for a while, then left.

At every visit after that he brought a pie, and each time got invited back to share it with them. It was nothing more than casual chatting and a little flirting. Pleasant older gentleman, surrounded for 15-30 minutes by several considerably younger women.

18 comments:

Screw being 80, I already use the pie trick now. (Well, a variant anyway. In which I park my car beside a school, open the door and wave lollipops at little girls passing by. It makes me feel...young again. Cough.)

Every Friday morning I stop at the Bakery and bring in muffins or crumb cake to the office. It is simply a way of saying thanks and have a nice weekend. They laugh and say I get my fruit from blueberry muffins.

But Dr. G, I almost sensed something more to your story. The title memories, hope your friend is still bringing pies.

I have a particularly soft spot for 'little ol' men'. I wouldn't even need the pie as enticement, I'd want to bake him pie, and fuss over him, because there's just nothing more precious to me than a little old dude. I guess it's daddy-issues. :)

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